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Pennsylvania was the site of the bloodiest battle of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg, which became widely known as one of the turning points of the Civil War. [ 1] Numerous more minor engagements and skirmishes were also fought in Pennsylvania during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, as well as the following year during a Confederate cavalry raid ...
In 1863, Philadelphia was threatened by Confederate invasion during the Gettysburg Campaign. Entrenchments were built to defend the city, but the Confederate Army was turned back at Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, and at the Battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War's main legacy in Philadelphia was the rise of the Republican Party.
63rd Regiment. 66th Regiment. 67th Regiment. 68th Regiment. 69th Regiment (Originally 2nd California) 71st Regiment (Originally 1st California) 72nd Regiment (Originally 3rd California) 73rd Regiment. 74th Regiment.
215. 117. The Battle of Hanover took place on June 30, 1863, in Hanover in southwestern York County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War . Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart 's Confederate cavalry, which was riding north to get around the Union Army of the Potomac, attacked a Federal cavalry regiment, driving it ...
During the American Civil War, Pennsylvania was the second largest state in the Union, and Harrisburg was the state's capital. [1] Located at the intersection of important railroads, Harrisburg proved an important supply and logistics center for the dissemination and transportation of materiel for the Union Army.
April 18, 1861 - November 11, 1865 [ 1] Demolished. 1865-1867. Camp Curtin was a major Union Army training camp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. [ 2][ 3] It was located north of Pennsylvania's state capitol building on 80 acres of what had previously been land used by the Dauphin County Agricultural Fairgrounds.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was a thriving and important city during the American Civil War, and provided a significant source of personnel, war materiel, armament, ammunition, and supplies to the Union Army. Situated at the confluence of the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio rivers, Pittsburgh was an important transportation hub for both riverine ...
30th Pennsylvania Infantry. The Pennsylvania Reserves were an infantry division in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Noted for its famous commanders and high casualties, it served in the Eastern Theater, and fought in many important battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg.